Posts in Category: Labrador
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Great Caribou Island – Hiking From Battle Harbour
In the last post I extolled the many reasons why Battle Harbour is a must visit destination in Labrador. In this post I’ll add another one – hiking on Great Caribou Island. The island is literally only a minute away from Battle Harbour across a small strait or as they call them in Newfoundland and […]
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Battle Harbour – Labrador’s Must Visit Destination
This is my third post from Labrador. In the last one Alison and I visited the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Red Bay. In this post we will visit the once thriving town of Battle Harbour that for over a century was the unofficial capitol of the region. It is now both a National Historic […]
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Red Bay – Labrador’s World Heritage Site
This is my second post from Labrador or The Big Land as many now refer to it. It will feature the former Basque whaling station at the small community of Red Bay and include a visit to Saddle Island where much of the activity took place. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site which is […]
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Labrador – Introducing the Big Land
In the last post Alison and I visited Port aux Choix National Historic Site and ended it by writing that next we would be going to Labrador, but would be beginning our tour in Quebec. In this post I’ll explain how you get from the island of Newfoundland to Labrador via the province of Quebec. […]